ANAPLASTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ANAPLASTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAPLASTIC?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANAPLASTIC is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAPLASTIC
No single letter turns ANAPLASTIC into another word.
How ANAPLASTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANAPLASTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANAPLASTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANAPLASTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing cells that have lost their mature form and look primitive and disorganised, as in many aggressive tumours.
A pathologist who calls a tumour anaplastic is saying that its cells no longer resemble the tissue they came from, which usually signals fast growth. The label anaplastic therefore carries a serious prognosis in cancer reports.
How ANAPLASTIC is used
Appears in pathology reports and oncology texts when describing how abnormal tumour cells look.
- The biopsy showed an anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid.
- Anaplastic cells vary widely in size and shape under the microscope.
- Treatment of anaplastic tumours is often difficult.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAPLASTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANAPLASTIC
The 10 tiles of ANAPLASTIC in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about ANAPLASTIC
- Is ANAPLASTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAPLASTIC, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAPLASTIC worth?
- ANAPLASTIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAPLASTIC mean?
- Describing cells that have lost their mature form and look primitive and disorganised, as in many aggressive tumours.
- What letters can be added to ANAPLASTIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANAPLASTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANAPLASTIC:
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